DEMERIT Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com a mark against a person for misconduct or deficiency If you receive four demerits during a term, you will be expelled from school the quality of being censurable or punishable; fault; culpability Obsolete merit or desert
demerit noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes . . . Definition of demerit noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary [usually plural] a fault in something or a disadvantage of something (North American English) a mark on somebody’s school record showing that they have done something wrong You'll get a demerit if you're late to class
demerit - Wiktionary, the free dictionary demerit (third-person singular simple present demerits, present participle demeriting, simple past and past participle demerited) (transitive, archaic) To deserve